Visions of the future : modern architecture, Catholicism, and the state in Central Europe, 1918-1939 /

Offers a novel interpretation of interwar architectural culture in central Europe, focusing on Catholic modernism in Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Examines how Catholic architecture developed in response to the challenges of modernity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rampley, Matthew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Europe, Central > History > 20th century. Catholic Church > History > 20th century. Église catholique > Histoire > 20e siècle. Catholic church buildings > Europe, Central > History > 20th century. Church architecture > Europe, Central > History > 20th century. Modern movement (Architecture) > Europe, Central.

Table of Contents:

"A beautiful future" : reading the past, reclaiming the present
In what style shall be build? Reaction and modernism in the church
The suspension of history : modernist medievalisms
The question of technology : Catholic responses to functionalist architecture
Fascinating fascism : aura, myth, and cultural diplomacy
Deproletarianizing the poor : churches, mass politics, and the city
Building utopia : towns, villages, and the countryside
Values, object choice, method : religious architecture and the historiography of modernism.